Re: SMTP servers

2024-12-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 19:00:24 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >A&A has an excellent reputation, but rather high prices. High prices for what? £25pcm is what I pay for 'net access using A&A. Anyone else wants *at least* £29pcm - (possibly a 6 month budget price to start) with a minimum 18 month cont

Re: libreoffice/openoffice system theme

2024-12-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:45:01 + dmthomp...@gmx.com wrote: Hello dmthomp...@gmx.com, >.but I believe when I installed libreoffice-gtk3 not all the >components of libreoffice were pulled in - unlike the standard >libreoffice install >- if this make sense to all. Yeah, it does; Sh&t 'appens

Re: Debian 12.8 synaptic refuses, calling for firmware in /media/cdrom

2024-12-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 18:51:50 +0100 (CET) Roger Price wrote: Hello Roger, >I checked /etc/apt/sources.list, and the top entry for the cdrom is >uncommented, as are the http entries. In Synaptic, go to Settings/Repositories, and untick (uncheck) the CD/DVD entries, click Done. You'll probably pr

Re: libreoffice/openoffice system theme

2024-12-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 15:38:23 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >OK, times change. {deleted for brevity} That's quite a tale of woes. For full disclosure, I've never used Base or Impress at all. I'm just aware they're available to me. The pendulum swings, I suppose. ;-) -- Regards _ "Va

Re: libreoffice/openoffice system theme

2024-12-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:39:21 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >A standard Debian stable installation will not include Base or Impress, Really? Because I see Depends: libreoffice-impress and libreoffice-base in testing. >It should certainly have included Writer. Agreed. -- Regards _ "Val

Re: libreoffice/openoffice system theme

2024-12-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 12:34:42 + dmthomp...@gmx.com wrote: Hello dmthomp...@gmx.com, >called Joe gave the hint, and i checked to see if swriter was installed >it was not so I installed it, and the was able to open a swriter doc in That makes it sound as though you may not have the package 'lib

Re: libreoffice/openoffice system theme

2024-12-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:29:34 + wrote: Hello dmthomp...@gmx.com, >I just typed, to install libreoffice-gtk, one would expect for all >components of the suite to be installed - right;) No; Why would you install (for example) libreoffice-qt if you don't use KDE/Plasma? A rhetorical questio

Re: Email Problem [Solved]

2024-11-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 28 Nov 2024 07:03:39 -0500 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: Hello Stephen, >Solved the problem! I accepted the Certificate and the popup went away >and didn't reappear. Good news. Thx for letting us know. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / )

Re: Email Problem

2024-11-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:50:33 -0500 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: Hello Stephen, >Where else might the errant string of DNA or RNA be hiding on my >computer? https://forum.palemoon.org/viewtopic.php?f=73&t=31786 -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "

Re: mail sig separator (was Re: BD backup?)

2024-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:46:01 -0500 e...@gmx.us wrote: Hello e...@gmx.us, >This is a long line that is more than seventy-two characters that >should end with a space. It is wrapped on my end. > >This is a long line that is more than seventy-two characters that >should end with two spaces. It is al

Re: mail sig separator (was Re: BD backup?)

2024-11-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 11:07:07 -0500 e...@gmx.us wrote: Hello e...@gmx.us, >This line has no trailing spaces. >This line has one trailing space. >This line has two trailing spaces. No trailing spaces anywhere. Sorry. :-( -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

Re: mail sig separator (was Re: BD backup?)

2024-11-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:02:59 -0500 e...@gmx.us wrote: Hello e...@gmx.us, >That is what I see in the message to which you replied. See the <1k >attachment. This message also has a space. Is that not what you see? I see what Jonathan sees. Your sig separator arrives here as "--". If it leaves

Re: Flexible search tool for Debian repository

2024-11-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 05:30:46 -0500 Cindy Sue Causey wrote: Hello Cindy, >I haven't researched the others, but it already feels >like ultimately there are only a couple actual search engines, lol. There's Mojeek. Unlike Startpage (and some of the others using google or bing as a back end) Mojee

Re: utelnetd

2024-11-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 20:31:53 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, >Just struggling to find the point of utelnetd existing I suppose. The included readme says it's a minimalist telnetd to be run, mostly, on embedded systems. As has been pointed out, it's quite old (2008). Furthermore, the url i

Re: lower CPU speed

2024-10-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 16:20:45 -0400 e...@gmx.us wrote: Hello e...@gmx.us, >Is that in the package "linux-cpupower", or where do you get it? No, it's what I called it. However, upon checking, I see that it's not in stable. linux-cpupower, AFAIUI, will also do the job. -- Regards _ "Val

Re: lower CPU speed

2024-10-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 23 Oct 2024 14:46:05 -0400 Eben King wrote: Hello Eben, >less heat inside the case, is it possible to cap it at a certain speed? Yes. I use cpupower-gui for that sort of thing. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious

Re: beeps and other sounds

2024-10-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 19 Oct 2024 19:26:02 + fxkl4...@protonmail.com wrote: Hello fxkl4...@protonmail.com, >i've never been able to get speech dispatcher to say anything >understandable I decided to have a play with speech dispatcher, just for fun. After I installed it, and entered the command string Arb

Re: How to load new firmware?

2024-10-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 19:30:22 +0100 Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >In Synaptic, there is a Repositories menu entry under Settings, where >new entries can be made and existing ones disabled, matching the >commenting in sources.list. Yes there is. Yet I /still/ find it easier to create the repos in a tex

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

2024-10-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 11:56:12 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >if some evil actor gets access to mozilla's >repository and injects some malware into it. A point I missed. Clearly. Thanks for highlighting. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator

Re: Mozilla's apt repository; was: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

2024-10-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 07:37:03 + Michael Kjörling wrote: Hello Michael, >That sounds like an even better argument for not pinning _everything_ >coming from that repository at priority 1000. Maybe, but; As an experiment, I added the mozilla repo and updated. Everything from their repos was l

Re: Refugee from [x]ubuntu, a few initial questions

2024-10-11 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 18:26:37 + Michael Kjörling wrote: Hello Michael, >Though I would adjust that apt pinning configuration slightly to favor >only firefox and maybe thunderbird packages from their repository, AFAICT, the repo you cited has firefox(1) only. T'Bird direct from mozilla is i

Re: Unresponding maintainer on out-of-date package

2024-10-07 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 7 Oct 2024 14:55:24 +0200 emneo wrote: Hello emneo, >While I am thinking about it, is there some documentation to try and >help on Debian (packaging or anything else). https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debmake-doc/index.en.html You might also consider subscribing to the Debian Develo

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

2024-10-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:24 +0100 Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >My graphical menu calls synaptic-pkexec, and it definitely wants the As does mine. >root password, and it says so explicitly. Here, I get a different result. The requester asks for authentication but does not specify root password. In

Re: Debian 12: User calls synaptic: Unable to authenticate root

2024-10-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 6 Oct 2024 10:47:05 +0200 (CEST) Roger Price wrote: Hello Roger, >I click on "details" but all I see is "Action: >com.ubuntu.pkexec.synaptic". PolicyKit is installed: you must use the user's password. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / )

Re: please help app missing ...

2024-09-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:46:56 -0600 Charles Curley wrote: Hello Charles, >The original poster specified Debian 12, not testing. Wherefore the >following is dangerous advice. If they installed 12, gimp is available, unless the install they did left only the install media as repo. If they really

Re: OT: Spectacles

2024-09-10 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:54:21 -0700 "James H. H. Lampert" wrote: Hello James and Larry, >Correct. An optician can only fill a prescription written by an >ophthalmologist or an optometrist. In the UK, Opticians businesses typically have on Optometrist on the premises. Consequently, the term Opt

Re: BASH reference for those who are "learning by doing"?

2024-09-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 8 Sep 2024 16:25:04 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >Tell them to get a [very cheap] pair of single focus reading glasses >made to suit the distance their screen is away. Exactly what I did. Sure, one /can/ use [bi|tri|vari]focals, but it's a ri

Re: printer replacement

2024-09-02 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 15:04:40 +0100 Steve McIntyre wrote: Hello Steve, >expensive ink and toner lockin thing is a good reason to never give HP >money again. There has been lock in in the past (more than once, IIRC) but I use 3rd party ink carts in my machine without issue. The so-called subscrip

Re: printer replacement

2024-08-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 17:06:55 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: Hello jeremy, >The bigger picture is that personal printing is on the way out because The bigger picture may well be the case(1), but irrelevant to the point I was making: Four trips to the print shop, and I'm out of pocket. In fairness,

Re: printer replacement

2024-08-31 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:23:20 +0800 jeremy ardley wrote: Hello jeremy, >I find the cost per page at the >big-box stores is roughly the same as the amortised cost per page of a >personal laser printer. What about the time (and, therefore, cost) of getting to/from the print shop? Time alone (fo

Re: printer replacement

2024-08-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 15:28:30 +0200 Gerard ROBIN wrote: Hello Gerard, >thanks for your reply. Sorry for sending this useless email. I had No worries. >forgotten that I was no longer registered on the debian-user list and >when I didn't get One need not be subscribed to this list to post to i

Re: printer replacement

2024-08-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:27:39 +0200 Gerard ROBIN wrote: Hello Gerard, I suspect this will fall on deaf ears, but hear goes.. >tia. Four people replied to this exact same question when you asked it yesterday. Please read them. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{spac

Re: printer replacement

2024-08-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:41:45 +0200 Gerard ROBIN wrote: Hello Gerard, >e "HP Smart" for Windows exclusivel HP Smart is available for Android (and probably iOS). With a suitable 'phone you can set up an HP printer. It's how I did it here. Different model, but even so. Once set up, you can

Re: email service providers

2024-07-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 20:24:32 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, >So on the off chance that I had done something in my sleep, I changed >my password, and mail is now downloading. :-) Glad you're going again. TBH, it's a bit rubbish of them to claim you need to pay to get POP/IMAP and t

Re: email service providers

2024-07-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 19:35:29 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, >I have tried to subscribe to mail.com at their website - to be told mail.com and (incidentally) gmx.com have both 'required' subscription for pop/imap connection for years. I don't pay either of them. I get my mail from

Re: Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)

2024-07-29 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 29 Jul 2024 02:44:03 -0400 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >don't allow search engines to crawl their sites. I hadn't even considered that. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious is never immediately apparent"

Re: Where is the user community? (Was Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package)

2024-07-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 21:04:30 -0500 Nate Bargmann wrote: Hello Nate, >Discourse and Discord are two different technologies, AIUI Discourse also does this; Unfortunately, your browser is unsupported. Please switch to a supported browser to view rich content, log in and reply. Whilst it's not i

Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 18:15:21 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Ian Molton wrote: Hello Ian, >Which web forum has the commuity moved to then? I should like to join Don't know. Never considered switching. From the web forums I have used, I've ascertained that they offer nothing that can't be done on a mailing

Re: Strange behavior of ifupdown package

2024-07-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jul 2024 09:35:22 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Ian Molton wrote: Hello Ian, >An alarming decline, with a multitude of reasons. Same for most MLs; People think web forums are better. Passive/aggressive messages don't help, either. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{spa

Re: hplip: hp-check error in line 630 since last update

2024-07-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Jul 2024 13:55:55 +0200 Daniel Schröter wrote: Hello Daniel, >thanks for this information. Sounds more then similar ;-) :-) Thought so. I implemented the fix here, and can confirm hplip is up and running again. Good luck. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{das

Re: hplip: hp-check error in line 630 since last update

2024-07-16 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:01:30 +0200 Daniel Schröter wrote: Hello Daniel, > >I opened a bug report but didn't get an answer. >https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1076210 > >Someone has a workaround? See; https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1075760 Which is very simil

Re: Problem with conda

2024-07-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:31:59 -0400 "Stephen P. Molnar" wrote: Hello Stephen, >I downloaded a new copy of Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x89_64.s You say nothing about where you got this from but, assuming it's https://docs.anaconda.com/miniconda/ your problem may well be that what you downloaded requi

Re: Installing gitlab on sid

2024-07-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 3 Jul 2024 12:24:16 +0200 Lucio Crusca wrote: Hello Lucio, >Am I doing anything wrong or should I file a bug report? Look at the package page, then developer page for gitlab and then for its dependencies. You'll find that ruby-sidekiq has yet to hit sid - it's still in experimental. N

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 15:35:14 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, >+14:00?? I've only ever heard of maxima of +/- 12:00. AFAIAC, it was political willy waving, nothing more; To be 'first' into the new millennium. As if that has any cachet whatsoever. -- Regards _ "Valid sig

Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

2024-06-23 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 23 Jun 2024 13:01:10 +1000 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, >Not to mention some cultures change how words are spelt: colour, odour, >metres to quote a few. Due, mainly, to the literacy of the people that moved, rather than any deliberate choice. That is, spelling was often a 'bes

Re: Modifying Desktop Icons

2024-06-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:55:12 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >or just try it! It works pefectly well with a single hyphen. Now, yes. However, at some point, that may no longer be the case. When (perhaps) somebody notices that actually behaviour differ

Re: [SOLVED] Re: Debian bookworm fails to install

2024-06-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 8 Jun 2024 11:45:49 +0700 Max Nikulin wrote: Hello Max, >On 08/06/2024 00:48, Hans wrote: >> BUT - grub-efi-amd64-bin conflicts with grub-efi-amd64-bin-signed >No it does not. I have both installed. I think, the latter needs .mod The pedant in me would point out that actually, no, yo

Re: [Solved]: What DE to replace GNOME with?

2024-06-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 11:47:59 +0200 DdB wrote: Hello DdB, >BTW: the GNOME team did that to me repeatedly In fairness, it's not just Gnome that erodes features. TBH, they *all* do it. I've seen features removed from Plasma, Claws Mail, Tellico, loads of stuff. Worst of all is when the removal g

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 14:01:58 -0400 Paul M Foster wrote: Hello Paul, >Nope. On a 3 phase system with individual phases at 120V, you will never In the UK, each phase is nominally 240V, not 120V. That's why David mentioned 440V between phases. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 18:11:48 +0100 debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >I have a powerline adapter (Devolo units). There's no such restriction, >as far as I know. My powerline transmitter and receiver are certainly >on different circuits. Fair enough. Different f

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 11:31:29 +0100 "mick.crane" wrote: Hello mick.crane, >Is there not some system that runs ethernet over the mains wiring or >did I misunderstand it. Yes, there is. I believe you're thinking of powerline adaptors. They do require everything be on the same circuit, however.

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 May 2024 11:35:25 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, >people. I don't know that it would add enough value to cover the >cost of doing it, though. Almost certainly not; Social housing where I live is non-existent because, according to the builders, the land costs more than they woul

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 18:19:10 -0500 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >We didn't meet any lack of understanding. Rather, the problem is which >rooms do you connect, and precisely where do you place the wallplates. That's what I meant, really. Christ, they can't even place power outlets sensibly

Re: "Repeaters", etc.

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 17:09:02 -0400 Paul M Foster wrote: Hello Paul, >for internet (WHY aren't new houses wired with Cat5/6/7?). The local Cost Lack of understanding (in the building trade) -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obv

Re: Uninstalling a package and its entourage

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 10:57:54 -0400 Eben King wrote: Hello Eben, >Is there an easier way to uninstall a package and everything it brought >in at one swell foop? Thanks. apt/apt-get autoremove or apt/apt-get autoremove --purge The first removes the packages installed as dependencies, the secon

Re: Continuous integration with Debian virtual machines

2024-05-27 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 27 May 2024 10:00:02 + André Rodier wrote: Hello André, >Anyone know a hosting service, like GitHub or GitLab, offering recent >Debian You asked, and were answered, yesterday. It would be preferable to continue in that thread, rather than start a new one. -- Regards _ "Va

Re: no more sound after upgrade (trixie/sid)

2024-05-26 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 26 May 2024 13:16:28 +0200 Kamil Jońca wrote: Hello Kamil, >About 2 years ago I got new laptop. Sweeping generalisation coming; Laptops can be troublesome for Linux when they're fairly recently released. Largely because the makers play fast and loose with accepted standards and cut c

Re: Dovecot correct ownership for logs

2024-05-14 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 14 May 2024 15:11:16 +0200 Richard wrote: Hello Richard, >"Top posting" (writing the answer above the text that's being replied >to) is literally industry standard behavior. This 'literally' isn't industry. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / )

Re: [off topic] High Sierra, was: Cindex

2024-05-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 12 May 2024 22:27:58 +0200 "Thomas Schmitt" wrote: Hello Thomas, >Hah ! Do they think that ISO 9660 is dead enough so they can highjack >its birth name ? Happens all the time (just saying - not condoning); Solid State Drive - referring to HDs without moving parts. BITD, Solid State re

Re: Cindex

2024-05-12 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 May 2024 05:10:13 +1000 David wrote: Hello David, >The best thing to do would be to ask them. Surely this is off-topic here. From the FAQ; What platforms does Cindex run on? Any supported version of Windows, including 10 and 11 macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) and up Unless I'

Re: debian bookworm japanese kana input disabled

2024-05-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 9 May 2024 10:06:29 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: Hello Michael, >However, I seem to have had a similar issue even after upgrading to >the first regression-fixed glib2.0 packages on Bookworm. Specifically, >dead keys no longer working with the Swedish keyboard lay

Re: time_t transitions in testing

2024-05-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 03 May 2024 12:11:22 +0100 "mick.crane" wrote: Hello mick.crane, >Eeeek "725 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see >them" Quite a few here, too. Although not as many as you had; 46 packages removed 46 packages installed (t64 versions of the packages removed) 309

Re: time_t transitions in testing

2024-05-02 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 3 May 2024 01:11:31 -0400 songbird wrote: Hello songbird, > mainly i wanted to make sure that anything removed was >being replaced and that my desktop would still be usable >and that seems to have happened. This has been my experience, too. I will also add my thanks to the many, many,

Re: recent Trixie upgrade removed nfs client

2024-05-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:48:09 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: Hello Gary, >Yes but: both gdb and nfs-client installed fine. Moreover, the >nfs-client doesn't appear to be a dependency of any of the massive load >of files updated lately.  The gdb package however is but for some This transition is ongoin

Re: recent Trixie upgrade removed nfs client

2024-04-30 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:51:01 -0400 Gary Dale wrote: Hello Gary, >Not looking for a solution. Just reporting a spate of oddities I've >encountered lately. As Erwan says, this is 'normal'. Especially ATM due to the t64 transition. As you've found out, paying attention to removals is a Good Ide

Re: youtube-dl blocked?

2024-04-24 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:50:06 -0400 Greg Wooledge wrote: Hello Greg, >The youtube-dl package in Debian 12 is a transitional package which >brings in yt-dlp (version 2023.03.04-1 currently). v2024.somethingorother is in stable-backports. Let's face it: yt do their level best to stop stuff like

Re: On user expectations (Was Re: *****SPAM***** Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian)

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:35:58 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, >I suspect that your text above has come out sounding more entitled >than you intended, as English is not your first language. In fairness to Hans, he did go on to explain as much. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {d

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:38:18 +0200 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I only hope, it will not happen the same fate like usermin and webmin >happened to: It was once removed from the repoi with th ereason >"spagehetti code, bad code" and then no one ever took a look again to Which, no doubt, makes it har

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:55:26 +0200 Erwan David wrote: Hello Erwan, >What scares me is seeing part of 18 ongoing transition, and 4 "coming >soon transitions" with "please do not upload if it is not related to >the transition". Several (well, lots of) transitions have landed at pretty the same t

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:18:23 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >Actually, if I understand correctly, LibreOffice will really be >removed on some architectures (armhf ppc64el s390x mips64el riscv64). >Fortunately, I am not concerned by this removal (only by the fact >that my bug reports

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:35:57 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >If this is not permanent, why have all the bugs been closed? That I have no answer for. I was basing my "this is not permanent" on the fact that there are a large number of auto-transitions currently ongoing, and many pa

Re: LibreOffice removed from Debian

2024-04-17 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:12:39 +0200 Vincent Lefevre wrote: Hello Vincent, >Is there any reason why LibreOffice has been removed from Debian??? https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/libreoffice Has all the info you need, and more. Expect it to be removed from testing, too. This is not permanent. --

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:46:04 +0100 Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hello Pierre-Elliott, >You have a rather bad cybersecurity approach. I use password generators and vaults for all my passwords. Nothing wrong with my cyber-security. Also note that I put 'written down' in single quotes - it was me

Re: Root password strength

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:09:31 +0100 Pierre-Elliott Bécue wrote: Hello Pierre-Elliott, >Most of the time, writing down a password is a very bad idea. Not in your own home. And in any event, it depends where one keeps that 'written down' password. And if it *does* become an issue at home, you've

Re: How does the 64bits time_t transition work?

2024-03-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 08:22:16 +0100 Detlef Vollmann wrote: Hello Detlef, >Is there a description anywhere how the 64bit time transition works? I'm far from an expert, but from what I've read, this transition is *huge*. Possibly the largest that has ever occurred in Debian. It's going to take t

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 15:36:25 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >I do not believe, it is a training problem. Why? Well, your formerly >mail was marked as spam. So I marked it as ham. Now, your second mail >again is marked as spam. Spam/ham training is not, IME, a single shot affair. However, as yo

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 13:53:49 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >It should be well trained Spam training is an ongoing process >But until then suddenly the false positives increased from one day to >another, although I had changed nothing. because the spam changes. What's coming now is ne

Re: Spam from the list?

2024-03-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:19:27 +0100 Hans wrote: Hello Hans, >Does one see any reason, why this is considered as spam??? Further to what Thomas says; You haven't told your spam filtering that it's ham. If you don't train your spam filters, it's never going to get any better at detecting what yo

Re: Problem with sleeping mode ( debian 12 ) please help

2024-03-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 5 Mar 2024 15:09:34 +0100 Mansour Nasri wrote: Hello Mansour, >Hi I'm using debian 12 in Lenovo yoga legion core i5 12th-gen with >Nvidia {cut} You asked this, or a very similar question, on 29 Feb. You had two responses that I saw. I suggest you review those replies and respond accor

Re: missing development package?

2024-03-04 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 4 Mar 2024 11:56:54 + debian-u...@howorth.org.uk wrote: Hello debian-u...@howorth.org.uk, >Does the # character at the start of the deb-src line matter? Yes; It comments out deb-src as a repo, so it can't/won't be used. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{spa

Re: “Secure Connection Failed” Error in Firefox

2024-03-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 3 Mar 2024 12:26:20 -0300 Marcelo Laia wrote: Hello Marcelo, >website https://gontijoonibus.gontijo.com.br/ on I get the same results as Greg - in several browsers. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The blindingly obvious is never im

Re: packages.debian.org seems to be down

2024-03-01 Thread Brad Rogers
On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 09:14:14 +0100 Harald Dunkel wrote: Hello Harald, >is it just me, or is https://packages.debian.org/ down? I had a >similar problem yesterday morning. Home page loads, but clicking on "View Packages..." links result in a 503 error. Other links are working (probably because t

Re: Data and hardware protection measures; was: rsync --delete vs rsync --delete-after

2024-01-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 28 Jan 2024 19:19:55 +0100 hw wrote: Hello hw, >How do you know in advance when the battery will have failed? Even my very basic UPS (APC Backup 1400) has a light on the front labelled "Replace Battery". That, combined with a very annoying high pitch scream, are pretty good motivators

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Filling the FAT (was: playing CDROM music questions)

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 10:07:26 -0600 David Wright wrote: Hello David, >The size of that is fixed when formatted, at least up to FAT16. >Long filenames will eat it up more quickly still. Create >subdirectories and the problem goes away. Yes, this is exactly what I experienced. So not the FAT at fa

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 16:15:27 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: Hello Nicolas, >Pictures or it did not happen. Didn't bother because it appeared to be a well-understood phenomenon, based on my limited research. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}" / ) "The b

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 13:25:52 +0100 Nicolas George wrote: Hello Nicolas, >What are you talking about? FAT does not get “overloaded” by long >filenames. Seen it happen; Long filenames, mixed case, and files saved at the beginning of a session of copying multiple files would be lost because the FA

Re: playing CDROM music questions

2024-01-08 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 8 Jan 2024 21:09:54 + Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d...@ewoof.net> wrote: Hello Michael, >Alternatively, they also offer SanDisk SDXC 128 GB memory cards at $14 >a piece. One such will easily hold 1000 CDs at near-CD quality MP3. Depends; I ended up buying three smaller sticks, because

Dealing with SPAM.

2023-12-25 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 25 Dec 2023 16:50:13 +1100 Zenaan Harkness wrote: Hello Zenaan, >OMG money! I, being Debian User it The best thing to do is ignore SPAM. If you *must* reply, don't quote the whole thing and send it to the list *again*. Thank you. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}

Re: Could we please cease this thread now? [WAS Re: lists]

2023-12-21 Thread Brad Rogers
On Thu, 21 Dec 2023 09:25:26 -0500 Pocket wrote: Hello Pocket, > Forwarded Message Putting a private message on the list, without sender's consent, is very rude indeed. Given that it was announced by sender beforehand that they would reply privately, I'm absolutely certain the

Re: lists

2023-12-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 16:08:54 +0100 Marco Moock wrote: Hello Marco, >He can read that list via Usenet because it is gatewayed to it Thank you; I'm aware there are several ways to read the messages. I was merely pointing out the (perhaps) obvious. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is

Re: lists

2023-12-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:13:12 -0500 Pocket wrote: Hello Pocket, >Every 60 days I get kicked from this list which I receive an email >stating my kick value is 2%. Sounds as though something is rejecting posts at your mail provider. Hence you get kicked. You don't need to be subbed to post to th

Re: Mouse single click handling?

2023-12-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 19 Dec 2023 17:01:46 +0100 (CET) local10 wrote: Hello local10, > So I thought perhaps there was a way to fix them instead of buying a > new one every 6-12 months. Replace the flaky switch. If you're not happy wielding a soldering iron, get a friend to do it - assuming you know someone

Re: Security vulnerability at curl package: CVE-2023-44487: HTTP/2 Rapid Reset

2023-11-28 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 28 Nov 2023 08:56:28 + "Marold Marcus (DC-AE/ESW1)" wrote: Hello Marold, Firstly, we're (for the most part) users, not developers. >I would like to request an upgrade of the curl package (Linux Ubuntu >Core 22 / Secondly, we're _Debian_ users not Ubuntu. You'll have to take it up

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-20 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 10:15:56 -0600 Mike McClain wrote: Hello Mike, >A second item that's slightly off topic, I've had no luck setting >up claws-mail to send out through frontier.net and if anyone knows how >to do that I'd appreciate the claws-mail setup for it. Without knowing what you've d

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-19 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:57:03 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:31:31 +0000 >Brad Rogers wrote: >> Can be altered in Prefs. >> Display; Summaries Message list tab "Mark message as read" section. >Thank you. I never told it to do that. I thin

Re: IMAP vs POP was Thunderbird vs Claws Mail

2023-11-18 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 18 Nov 2023 19:20:49 + Joe wrote: Hello Joe, >currently, selecting an email in the list marks it as read, which is not Can be altered in Prefs. Display; Summaries Message list tab "Mark message as read" section. -- Regards _ "Valid sig separator is {dash}{dash}{space}"

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 10:57:34 -0300 Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: Hello Eduardo, >It's not only google, I'd say it's the norm, except for "advanced" >users that use good MUA. Now *I'm* shocked (like Andy Smith is). I haven't ever used web mail, so had no idea. >And those are getting rare, I can'

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:04:47 + Andy Smith wrote: Hello Andy, {gmail web interface} > that people put up with that. If they've always used google (and let's face it, there are plenty of people that fall in to that category), then they have no experience of anything else and quite possibly kn

Re: claws-mail

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:09:55 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >> >I seem to recall IMAP is a better choice than POP when using Claws. >> It makes no difference. >To whom? The OP's problem, or hypothetically? Sorry, I was not explicit; No difference to CM. POP3 and IMAP (etc, etc

Re: claws-mail

2023-11-13 Thread Brad Rogers
On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:22:13 -0500 Jeffrey Walton wrote: Hello Jeffrey, >I seem to recall IMAP is a better choice than POP when using Claws. It makes no difference. Many people prefer IMAP, certainly. Equally, there are those that prefer POP3 - myself among them. Of course, with google, it's

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